Wiseacre

Quick meaning: Wiseacre is a noun meaning One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.

Meaning

One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.

More Meanings

1. To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.
2. (obsolete) A learned or wise man.

Example Sentences

A fool's paradise is better than a wiseacre's purgatory.

At their village the woman consulted the local wiseacre, explaining the difficulties her son-in-law was creating.

But noooooo! Some wiseacre “expert” will patronizingly explain that because gymnast Kim Zmeskal’s left little toenail was off center by the length of an eyelash, the judges will be forced to dock a tenth of a point from her score.

That other class of wiseacres who twist prophecy in such a manner as to make it promise the destruction and desolation of the same city, use judgement just as bad, since the city is in a very flourishing condition now, unhappily for them.

Word Forms

• wiseacres
• wiseacring
• wiseacred

Synonyms for wiseacre

Depending on context, synonyms include Buddha, know-all, know-it-all, smart aleck, smart ass, smarty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include smart aleck, wise guy, wisenheimer, weisenheimer, smarty, wiseass.

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